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If, early in development, theUbx + gene is removed by mitotic recombination from cells of the meso-and metathoracic leg primordia, theseUbx − cells develop as in the posterior prothoracic leg. We show that this transformation, termedpostprothorax, is a discrete genetic function that is independent of other homeotic transformations such asbx, pbx orbxd, which also result from the inactivation of theUbx gene.
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Sánchez-Herrero, E., Morata, G. TheUbx syndrome ofDrosophila: the prothoracic transformation (ppx) is independent ofbx, bxd andpbx . Wilhelm Roux' Archiv 193, 263–265 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01260349
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